11 Best Life Lessons From Oprah Winfrey

"When you know better, you do better. . . . You know how freeing those words are, how freeing they can be for you? What it means is you don't have to hold yourself hostage to who you used to be or anything you ever used to do. Because who has lived and hasn't made mistakes?"

Takeaway: Don't be so hard on yourself about your past mistakes. You made them because you didn't know any better. But now that you do, you can take the steps to never make those mistakes again. Mistakes are empowering, because they can lead you to the right path.